صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب صفة القيامة والجنة والنارCharacteristics of the Day of Judgment, Paradise, and Hell
باب انْشِقَاقِ الْقَمَرِ:Chapter: The Splitting Of The Moon
وحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ، وَأَبُو دَاوُدَ . ح وحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ بَشَّارٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ، وَأَبُو دَاوُدَ كُلُّهُمْ ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ ، قَالَ : " انْشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ فِرْقَتَيْنِ ، وَفِي حَدِيثِ أَبِي دَاوُدَ : انْشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ " .
Anas reported that the moon was split up in two parts and in the hadith recorded in Abu Dawud, the words are: "The moon was split up into two parts during the life of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ."
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation:
1:
In this hadith, the meaning of "martayn" is not that the incident of the moon splitting occurred twice.
This incident did not happen twice,
it happened only once.
Here, "martayn" refers to "two pieces" only.
1:
In this hadith, the meaning of "martayn" is not that the incident of the moon splitting occurred twice.
This incident did not happen twice,
it happened only once.
Here, "martayn" refers to "two pieces" only.
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 3286
